Patents Examined by Daniel Munoz
  • Patent number: 11431091
    Abstract: A remotely controllable antenna mount for use with a wireless telecommunication antenna provides mechanical azimuth and tilt adjustment using AISG compatible motor control units and AISG control and monitoring systems to remotely adjust the physical orientation of the antenna. The mount control units are serially interconnected with AISG antenna control units which adjust electronic tilt mechanisms within the antenna itself. An AISG compatible mount azimuth control unit drives rotatable movement of the antenna through a range of azimuth angle positions. The antenna mount further includes a mechanical downtilt assembly interconnected between the antenna interface and the antenna. An AISG compatible mount tilt control unit drives linear movement of an actuator assembly and corresponding pivoting of the antenna through a range of tilt angle positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Radiarc Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur P. Clifford, Stephen J. Holmes
  • Patent number: 11398682
    Abstract: A hosted multi-reflector antenna system includes a primary reflector, a subreflector, an aperture, a feed structure and an anti-jam housing. The feed structure includes an electronically steered antenna (ESA). The subreflector directs a reflected beam between a primary reflector and an ESA, and the anti-jam housing encloses the subreflector and the ESA. The antenna system is thermo-elastically decoupled and thermally self-sufficient, accommodates thermal dissipation of the feed structure, and can maintain a precise antenna alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bronson Murray, Spencer Keith Connor
  • Patent number: 11394130
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface, a second dielectric layer having a third surface and a fourth surface, and a reinforcing layer disposed between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer and including an insulating material. A first adhesive layer is disposed between the first dielectric layer and the reinforcing layer, and a second adhesive layer is disposed between the second dielectric layer and the reinforcing layer. A first pattern layer is disposed on a surface of the first dielectric layer facing the first adhesive layer, and a second pattern layer is disposed on a surface of the second dielectric layer facing away from the second adhesive layer. The reinforcing layer has a first cavity penetrating a region between the first and second dielectric layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangik Cho, Ju Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11387571
    Abstract: A slot antenna apparatus that includes a waveguide including a sidewall and having an extending direction, a slot provided on the sidewall, and a dielectric member that is attached to the waveguide and is slidable in the extending direction with respect to the slot, the dielectric member including a first section and a second section, the first section covering the slot at a first slide position, the second section covering the slot at a second slide position next to the first slide position, and the first section and the second section having different relative permittivities or different thicknesses with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Shigekazu Kimura, Toshio Kawasaki, Yoji Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11387543
    Abstract: A field device having a metal housing, a connection line guided through a cable bushing and a radio module having an antenna, wherein the antenna extends, at least in sections, outside of the housing parallel to the connection line and in the cable bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Thomas Deck, Karl Griessbaum, Juergen Motzer, Daniel Schultheiss
  • Patent number: 11387559
    Abstract: A radiating system configured to operate electromagnetic wave signals from first and second frequency regions, wherein the lowest frequency of the second frequency region is above the highest frequency of the first frequency region: the radiating system comprising a radiating structure, a radiofrequency system, and an external port. The radiating structure comprises a first boosting element electrically connected to a first conductive element, a second boosting element electrically connected to a second conductive element, and a ground plane layer. The radiofrequency system comprises a first matching network connected to the first conductive element and the external port, and a second matching network connected to the second conductive element and a ground port. The first and second matching networks are configured to modify the impedance of the radiating structure providing impedance matching to the radiating system, at the external port, in the first and second frequency regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: IGNION, S.L.
    Inventors: Jaume Anguera Pros, Aurora Andujar Linares
  • Patent number: 11387553
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mechanical transmission mechanism and a base station antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Shuguang Shao, Nengbin Liu, PuLiang Tang
  • Patent number: 11387565
    Abstract: An antenna and methods of fabricating the antenna and a resonator of the antenna. The antenna includes an antenna feed arranged to emit an electromagnetic signal along a predetermined direction; a resonator disposed adjacent to the antenna feed arranged to improve a directivity of the electromagnetic signal being emitted by the antenna feed; wherein the resonator includes a first reflector and a second reflector sandwiching a resonating cavity therebetween; and wherein the first reflector includes a curved reflector surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Stella W. Pang, Shuyan Zhu, Yuanlong Li, Kwai-Man Luk
  • Patent number: 11374315
    Abstract: This disclosure includes a compact directional antenna array that has a low profile, is easy to deploy and provides a directional response over a wide range of frequencies. The array includes one or more pairs of equal length conductors that are arranged radially about the center of the array. The conductors follow the surface of a lossy medium and are each referenced to a conductive rod that is inserted into the medium. The directional response of the array is selectable by means of a series of configurable relays or switches that route some signals through a delay network to a combiner and other signals directly to the combiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Bauman
  • Patent number: 11367949
    Abstract: An antenna with at least one pair of electrically conducting lands, and a second pair of spaced-apart electrically conducting lands or a single land, wherein the lands are parallel with respect to a first electrically conductive sheet is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Mannan
  • Patent number: 11362430
    Abstract: A tunable antenna isolator includes a first wall, a second wall, and an electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) structure located between the first wall and the second wall. The first wall may be a metallic wall or an EBG structure, and the second wall may be a metallic wall or an EBG structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventor: Amit M. Patel
  • Patent number: 11355859
    Abstract: The present disclosures provide methods and apparatuses for a metamaterial antenna structure having a plurality of super elements of slotted transmission lines. The metamaterial antenna structure has an aperture structure with apertures positioned in a specific orientation relative to a centerline of the aperture structure and configured to propagate transmission signals from a distributed feed network through the apertures. The metamaterial antenna structure also has a transmission array structure comprising a plurality of transmission lines coupled to the aperture structure and configured to propagate the transmission signals from the aperture structure through one or more slots in the transmission array structure, in which the apertures of the aperture structure are interposed between the slots. The metamaterial antenna structure also has a radiating array structure coupled to the transmission array structure and configured to radiate the transmission signals from the transmission array structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Chiara Pelletti, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 11349207
    Abstract: An electronic device having a fifth-generation (5G) antenna according to an embodiment is provided. The electronic device includes a cover glass through which electromagnetic waves are transmitted, a case having a metal rim formed on a side surface of the electronic device, and an antenna module configured to transmit or receive beamformed signals through a plurality of antenna elements, and wherein the antenna module is configured to be coupled with a module bracket, with being tilted at a predetermined slant angle from a baseline of the electronic device, so as to radiate the beamformed signals through the cover glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongjin Kim, Doochan Jung, Namyong Kim, Cheolwan Park
  • Patent number: 11342689
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an array antenna, and more specifically, the array antenna configured by arranging a plurality of antenna elements at close positions. An array antenna is provided. The array antenna includes a first antenna operating in a first mode, and a second antenna operating in a second mode, wherein a correlation between an electric field of the first mode and an electric field of the second mode falls below a first threshold which is predetermined, or a correlation between a magnetic field of the first mode and a magnetic field of the second mode falls below a second threshold which is predetermined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: Hongik University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation, Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Tae Heung Lim, Byung-Jun Jang, Hosung Choo
  • Patent number: 11342663
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a first dipole antenna pattern; a feed line electrically connected to the first dipole antenna pattern; and a first ground plane disposed rearward of the first dipole antenna pattern and spaced apart from the first dipole antenna pattern; wherein the first ground plane forms a step-type cavity, and width of a rear portion of the step-type cavity is different from a width of a front portion of the step-type cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Ki Kim, Jeong Ki Ryoo, Kyu Bum Han, Young Kyoon Im, Won Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 11322837
    Abstract: A calibration method for a phased array system comprises sequentially injecting a tone into a first plurality of antenna elements of an antenna array, receiving the tone by a second plurality of antenna elements of the antenna array through parasitic coupling between the first plurality of antenna elements and the second plurality of antenna elements, measuring a plurality of phase errors between the first plurality of antenna elements and the second plurality of antenna elements, populating a lookup table with the plurality of phase errors, and calibrating a plurality of phase shifters associated with a plurality of channels in the phased array system using the plurality of phase errors in the lookup table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Marc Tiebout, Daniele Dal Maistro, Ivan Tsvelykh, Samo Vehovc, Peter Pfann
  • Patent number: 11322854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present invention provides an antenna module comprising: an antenna array for radiating beams through a top surface thereof; a dielectric disposed to be spaced apart from the top surface of the antenna array by a first preset length; a first reflector comprising a metallic material, and disposed to be spaced apart from the bottom surface of the dielectric by a second preset length; and a second reflector comprising a metallic material and disposed in the partial region of the bottom surface, of the dielectric, which faces the top surface of the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungtae Ko, Youngju Lee, Jungsuek Oh, Inseop Yoon
  • Patent number: 11316258
    Abstract: A base station antenna includes a first column of radiating elements containing a first plurality of physical rows of radiating elements, which are collectively operable as a first logical row of radiating elements responsive to a first radio frequency signal (RF1), and (ii) a second plurality of physical rows of radiating elements, which are collectively operable as a second logical row of radiating elements responsive to a second radio frequency signal (RF2). The radiating elements within both the first column and the first logical row include a first plurality of radiating elements responsive to RF1, and a second plurality of radiating elements responsive to a phase delayed version of RF1 generated by a first adjustable phase shifter. A radio frequency (RF) signal generator is provided to adjust a phase of RF2 relative to a phase of RF1, in-sync with a change in a phase delay (and static electric tilt) provided by the first adjustable phase shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Mikko Junttila
  • Patent number: 11316273
    Abstract: A waveguide microstrip line converter includes a waveguide, a dielectric substrate, a ground conductor including a slot, and a line conductor. The line conductor includes a first section that is a microstrip line having a first line width, a conversion unit that is a second section positioned immediately above the slot and having a second line width greater than the first line width, and a third section extending from the second section in a first direction and performing impedance matching between the first section and the second section. One of the opposite ends of the third section in the first direction is connected to the second section. The first section extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction continuously from the other end of the opposite ends of the third section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Maruyama, Shigeo Udagawa
  • Patent number: 11316275
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave radiator may include: a first metal layer; a plurality of metal side walls vertically protruding along an edge of the first metal layer; and a second metal layer suspended over the first metal layer. The second metal layer includes a plurality of ports radially extending from edges of the second metal layer and a plurality of slots penetrating the second metal layer in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Chanwook Baik, Payam Heydari, Peyman Nazari